108TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 108–106 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 1588 together with ADDITIONAL, DISSENTING, AND SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] MAY 16, 2003.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Jan 31 2003 21:01 May 17, 2003 Jkt 087068 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6012 Sfmt 6012 E:\HR\OC\A106HR.000 A106HR congress.#13 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 VerDate Jan 31 2003 21:01 May 17, 2003 Jkt 087068 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\A106HR.000 A106HR 1 108TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 108–106 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 1588 together with ADDITIONAL, DISSENTING, AND SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] MAY 16, 2003.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 00–000 WASHINGTON : 2003 VerDate Jan 31 2003 21:01 May 17, 2003 Jkt 087068 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\A106HR.000 A106HR congress.#13 HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS DUNCAN HUNTER, California, Chairman CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania IKE SKELTON, Missouri JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado JOHN SPRATT, South Carolina JIM SAXTON, New Jersey SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York LANE EVANS, Illinois TERRY EVERETT, Alabama GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii HOWARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON, California MARTY MEEHAN, Massachusetts MAC THORNBERRY, Texas SILVESTRE REYES, Texas JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana VIC SNYDER, Arkansas WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina JIM TURNER, Texas JIM RYUN, Kansas ADAM SMITH, Washington JIM GIBBONS, Nevada LORETTA SANCHEZ, California ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas KEN CALVERT, California ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia BARON P. HILL, Indiana ED SCHROCK, Virginia JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut W. TODD AKIN, Missouri SUSAN A. DAVIS, California J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island JEFF MILLER, Florida STEVE ISRAEL, New York JOE WILSON, South Carolina RICK LARSEN, Washington FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey JIM COOPER, Tennessee TOM COLE, Oklahoma JIM MARSHALL, Georgia JEB BRADLEY, New Hampshire KENDRICK B. MEEK, Florida ROB BISHOP, Utah MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam MICHAEL TURNER, Ohio RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana JOHN KLINE, Minnesota TIM RYAN, Ohio CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan PHIL GINGREY, Georgia MIKE ROGERS, Alabama TRENT FRANKS, Arizona ROBERT S. RANGEL, Staff Director (II) VerDate Jan 31 2003 21:01 May 17, 2003 Jkt 087068 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\A106HR.000 A106HR C O N T E N T S Page Explanation of the Committee Amendments ........................................................ 1 Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 2 Relationship of Authorization to Appropriations .................................................. 2 Summary of Authorization in the Bill ................................................................... 2 Summary Table of Authorizations ...................................................................... 3 Rationale for the Committee Bill ........................................................................... 11 Hearings ................................................................................................................... 16 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION .................... 17 TITLE I—PROCUREMENT ................................................................................... 18 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 18 Aircraft Procurement, Army ............................................................................ 19 Overview ........................................................................................................ 19 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 23 Kiowa warrior ............................................................................................ 23 UH-60 blackhawk ...................................................................................... 23 UH-60 modifications ................................................................................. 23 Missile Procurement, Army ............................................................................. 24 Overview ........................................................................................................ 24 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 27 Patriot PAC–3 ............................................................................................ 27 Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army ............................................. 27 Overview ........................................................................................................ 27 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 31 Counterattack corps modernization ......................................................... 31 Ammunition Procurement, Army .................................................................... 32 Overview ........................................................................................................ 32 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 36 Army ammunition procurement ............................................................... 36 Joint ammunition production base upgrades and capacity ................... 36 Other Procurement, Army ............................................................................... 37 Overview ........................................................................................................ 37 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 47 Communications-electronics equipment fielding .................................... 47 Construction equipment ESP ................................................................... 47 Family of heavy tactical vehicles ............................................................. 47 Full tracked tractor ................................................................................... 48 High mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWVs) .................. 48 Joint tactical area command systems ...................................................... 48 Knight family ............................................................................................. 49 Land warrior .............................................................................................. 49 Lightweight video reconnaissance system (LVRS) ................................. 50 Local area network upgrades ................................................................... 50 Logistic support vessel (LSV) ................................................................... 50 Nonsystem training devices ...................................................................... 51 Warfighter information network-tactical (WIN–T) ................................. 51 Aircraft Procurement, Navy ............................................................................ 51 Overview ........................................................................................................ 51 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 56 AV–8B series modifications ...................................................................... 56 EA–6B modifications ................................................................................. 56 Joint Primary Air Training System (JPATS) .......................................... 57 P–3 series modifications ........................................................................... 57 T–45A to T–45C conversion ...................................................................... 58 (III) VerDate Jan 31 2003 22:45 May 17, 2003 Jkt 087068 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 6646 E:\HR\OC\A106HR.000 A106HR IV Page Weapons Procurement, Navy ........................................................................... 58 Overview ........................................................................................................ 58 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 62 Close-in weapon system (CIWS) block 1B upgrade ................................ 62 GQM–163A coyote supersonic sea skimming target .............................. 62 Tomahawk missile ..................................................................................... 62 Ammunition Procurement, Navy & Marine Corps ........................................ 63 Overview ........................................................................................................ 63 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................